Pearson and Warner were fast at the Last Gasp

Dothan, Alabama's William Pearson knows the Westgate Park Trail. During years of racing cross-country for Northview High and Campbellsville University, Pearson still managed to return to Dothan's Westgate Trail every now and then to run in the Life Is A Beach 5K or the Brian Dowling Memorial 5K. With those years behind him, Pearson came back to Westgate again on Saturday morning, 31 December 2016, where he won the Dothan Runners' Last Gasp 5K Trail Run. Natalie Warner, an eighth-grader on the Enterprise High cross-country squad, won the women's title in the race, placing eighteenth overall in 24:08. 90 athletes finished the 2016 edition of the annual 3.1-mile cross-country race.


Geb Kiros of Tallahassee, Florida was the top master runner in the Last Gasp 5K; the Florida A&M University biostatistics professor was second overall in 17:59. Another Tallahassee runner, Paul Guyas, took third in 18:11. Donalsonville, Georgia master runner Myles Gibson was fourth in 18:48.


Not far behind women's champ Natalie Warner, second place in the women's standings went to another high school cross-country runner, Ella Richards. The Headland High seventh grader was nineteenth overall in 24:16. Meg Lyons edged Enterprise High frosh Annabelle Warner for third on the women's side, Lyons placing 21st overall in 24:37 and Warner 22nd overall in 24:42. Kristin Atwell of Slocomb, Alabama was the first woman master and sixth female finisher in the Last Gasp 5K, 30th overall in 27:09.


The Last Gasp 5K was Westgate Park's last race in 2016, but far from the last race in Westgate's Park. The park will see more than a dozen races during 2017. The Dothan Runners alone have several races scheduled on the trail, including the Brian Dowling Memorial 5K, the Life Is A Beach 5K, the Pilgrim Chase 5K, and, of course, the 2017 Last Gasp 5K.


Top Ten Men, Dothan Runners' 2016 Last Gasp 5K Trail Race

1. 17:20, William Pearson (M, 22) Dothan, AL
2. 17:59, Geb Kiros (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
3. 18:11, Paul Guyas (M, 39) Tallahassee, FL
4. 18:48, Myles Gibson (M, 50) Donalsonville, GA
5. 19:19, Adam McPherson (M, 33) Samson, AL
6. 19:34, Michael Warner (M, 17) Enterprise, AL
7. 20:12, Bob Walker (M, 45) Baker, FL
8. 21:02, Alan Flores (M, 13) Dothan, AL
9. 21:25, Juan Rios (M, 18) Dothan, AL
10. 21:32, Dale Thomas (M, 53) Dothan, AL

Top Ten Women, Dothan Runners' 2016 Last Gasp 5K Trail Race

1. 24:08, Natalie Warner (F, 13) Enterprise, AL
2. 24:16, Ella Richards (F, 12) Midland City, AL
3. 24:37, Meg Lyons (F, 19) Dothan, AL
4. 24:42, Annabelle Warner (F, 14) Enterprise, AL
5. 26:07, Kimberly Floyd (F, 38) Enterprise, AL
6. 27:09, Kristin Atwell (F, 41) Slocomb, AL
7. 28:10, Chandra Hanson (F, 49) Marianna FL,
8. 28:37, Alicia Tatem (F, 53) Panama City, FL
9. 28:48, Cassie Logan (F, 53) Headland, AL
10. 29:07, Marty Kirkland (F, 64) Southport, FL

Dothan, Alabama, Last Gasp 5K Trail Race winners, 1999 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
18 December 1999	16:23, Matt Tillman	19:57, Jennifer Hanley	75
23 December 2000	18:16, Matt Parker	24:56, Sherry Creel	69
22 December 2001	19:55, Brian Hickey	22:21, Piper Stockman	69
21 December 2002	19:23, Brian Hickey	24:15, Chris Fox	75
20 December 2003	18:32, Brian Hickey	23:53, Piper Stockman	68
18 December 2004	19:40, Brian Hickey	24:13, Nancy Hein	51
17 December 2005	19:21, Gabe Mitchell	23:10, Lou Ellen Jayroe	42
23 December 2006	17:35, Aubrey Darnell	22:23, Sara Jackson	92
22 December 2007	18:08, Nick Vance	23:56, Lou Ellen Jayroe	86
27 December 2008	20:17, Terrion Williams	23:59, Daphne Cook	85
26 December 2009	18:07, Austin Fox	25:29, Cameron Irwin	63
11 December 2010	20:28, Michael Brennan	24:51, Julie Harris	59
31 December 2011	17:40, Stephen Robbins	20:26, Dana Cody	145
29 December 2012	17:59, Sean Kent	22:17, Jeanne Davis	65
28 December 2013	16:56, Kyle Harris	23:01, Missy Sexton	68
27 December 2014	17:33, Austin Fox	21:41, Kayla Fox	62
26 December 2015	17:19, Austin Fox	21:45, Kayla Dauphin (nee Fox)	67
31 December 2016	17:20, William Pearson	24:08, Natalie Warner	90

Links

• Complete results of Dothan's 2016 Last Gasp 5K Trail Race
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14Fsmo-Fqa_PfCmEZ3NnKmVEe31Kl0wek8cninYCcd4U/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Fox and Dauphin take one more Last Gasp”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/last-gasp-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Fox & Fox win Dothan's 2014 running finale”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/last-gasp-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Kent and Davis are good to the Last Gasp”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/last-gasp-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Robbins and Cody end 2011 with wins at Dothan's Last Gasp 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/last-gasp-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Brennan and Harris find victory at the end of the trail in Dothan”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/last-gasp-2010.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in Dothan and other cities in the Trouble Afoot! region
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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